The best organizations will carefully measure the distance between their workers and the carrot on the stick and the whip at their ass. If the carrot is still there to chase and the mountain of work is pushing them from behind, that is productivity! Until you run into increasingly more of the workforce who interpret the inconvenience of hard work as an overt assault on individual rights. I think organizations would do well to evolve their recruitment, onboarding and probation processes. Then fatten that carrot to pay those who will work more as the rarer breed.
Our generation was raised on "shut up work harder" and while that may not have been pleasant, we know how to put our shoulder to the wheel. Results will be undeniable and hopefully buy you more freedom and income. Otherwise, you will know to move on confidently.
So far so good!
I definitely agree with the carrot analogy and I think it is worse in the US and Australia, than here. There is somewhat better balance here, because there is also better job security. It doesn't mean people don't work, but they respect their time and aren't punished for doing so.
I really worry about where the future leads, based on what I have seen from Gen-Z so far.
I think boomers were worried the same about us and we turned out okay.....though we certainly did raise a generation of wet wipes huh? ;)
I am fairly certain that north america is more concerning than over there. Blows my mind that willingness to work and self-discipline sets you apart from the norm!